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0. J. FUCHS. GYGLOMBTER.

N0.' 513,040. Patented Jan. 16,1894.

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0. J. FUCHS.

GYGLOMETER.

No. 513,040. Patented Jan. 16. 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR J. FUCHS, OF CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL E.MOSHER, OF SAME PLACE.

CYC LOM ETER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,040, dated January16, 1894.

Application filed September 22, 1892. Serial No. 446,567. (No model.)

fo all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR J. FUCHS, of Chillicothe, in the county ofRoss and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cyclometers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in cyclometers, and which isintended especially for use in connection with bicycles, and it consistsin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will befully described hereinafter and particularly referred to in the claims.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a cyclometer adapted tobe connected to the frame of a safety bicycle77 adjacent to the drivingsprocket wheel, and which has a lever extendinginto the path traveled bya suitable operating device connected with the said sprocket wheel.

The object of my invention, further consists in the construction of themechanism Within the cyclometer, whereby it registers the distance byone mechanism continuously for great distances, and with a secondmechanism whichregisters the distance for shorter `distances, the latterbeing adapted to be set before starting on a trip, and thus register thedistance traveled, while the long distance mechanism registerscontinuously and independent thereof.

Another object of my invention is to so construct the cyclometer, thatit is adapted to be applied to and operated by a machine having thedriving sprocket thereof upon either the right or left hand side of themachine.

My invention still further relates to the particular construction of theregistering mechanism, all of which will be particularly pointed outhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machineshowing my invention applied thereto. Fig.2 is a detail View of thedevice attached to the sprocket wheel for actuating the cyclometer. Fig.3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the cyclometer Figs. 4tand 5 are views of the opposite sides of one of the registering disks.Fig. 6 is an end view of the central stationary disks, the mechanismbetween the two disks being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 7 is an interiorview of the removable end of the inclosing case. Fig. S is a top View ofthe inclosing case with the registering mechanism therein. Fig. 9 is aperspective view, of the central disks, showing the longitudinallyslotted sleeves rigidly connected thereto, and the operating shaft'passing through them. Fig. 10 is a View of one of the ratchet wheelsthat are feathered upon the sleeves. Fig. 11 is a view of one of thecams that are feathered upon the sleeves. Fig. 12 is detached side viewof the operating lever that is secured to the operating shaft. Fig. 13,is a detached view of two of the disks m, one being broken away to showthe operative relation of the parts. Fig. 14, is a detached perspectiveView of one of the disks employed in the mechanism shown at the left ofFig. 3, the same showing the resetting spring and stop.

A is a bicycle of any make and style, and to which the inclosing case Bof the cyclometer is secured by means of a band C which encircles thesaid casing, which band has two laterally projecting arms D, adapted toextend upon opposite sides of any convenient and properlysituated partofthe bicycle frame in relation to ythe driving sprocket wheel. These armsare clamped to the frame of the machine by means of a clamping bolt Ewhich passes through them as illustrated. The band C is provided with alongitudinal slot F, through which a clamping screw passes, and by meansof which .the casing is allowed to be revolved within the band to adjust it for the purpose to be fully described farther on. This clampingscrew Cr, which passes through the slotted band, is made sufficientlylong to extend into the casing, and into the stationary portion of themechanism, for holding it in place, as will appear farther on.

Placed within the casing, are the two disks H, which are held therein bymeans of the screw G as j ust stated. These disks are separat-ed bymeans of blocks I, and are also connected and held firm in relation toeach other IOC by means of screws which pass through the said disks intothe blocks.

Extending outward from each disk and rigidly secured thereto is alongitudinally slotted sleeve J. Passing through these sleeves, thestationary disks secured thereto, and through the ends of the casing, isan operating shaft K, which has an oscillating motion, as will bedescribed farther on. The oscillating movement is given to this shaft,by means of an operating lever L, which is journaled upon a sleeve M,that is connected to the said shaft by means of a screw, or in any othersuitable manner, so that the shaft is moved when the sleeve is actuated.Formed as a part of this sleeve, is an arm N, and connecting the arm andthe operating lever is a spring P. Either the arm or the lever isprovided with a stop Q, so that when the lever is moved in one directionthe arm is moved with it, and thereby the shaft moved, but when the armis moved in the other direction, it has a movement independent of thearm and sleeve and underthe tension of the spring P. Connected with thesprocket wheel of the machine at a suitable point is a clamp R, whichcarries a roller S, and this roller as it revolves engages the lever,and-moves it. The direction of movement of the lever by the saidactuating device, is against 'the stop between the lever and the sleevearm, so that the operating shaft of the cyclometer is moved. Thedistance the shaft is moved, is of course regulated bythe relativeposition of the lever and the sprocket actuating device, that is to say,by the distance that the free or lower end of the lever extends belowthe path traveled by the sprocket actuating device. Now when the bicycleis moved backward, the said device upon the sprocket wheel will engagethe4 lever, but the lever is allowed a free movement in that directionagainst the tension of the spring P, and independent of the arm N, sothat the device will neither be operated backward, nor any parts of thecyclometer broken. After the device R has passed the lever, the springPcarries it toits normal position to actuate the arm N when the machineis moving forward.

It being now understood that the operating shaft has an oscillatingmovement, and the manner in which this movement is eifected, I will nowdescribe the registering mechanisms whieh are operated by the movementof the shaft. Connected rigidly to this shaft, and between the twostationary disks H, is an arm T, and pivoted upon this arm T is a springactuated pawl U. Journaled in these disks and having its ends extendingthrough them, is a shaft c, upon which is secured between the said disksa ratchet wheel b, with which the pawl U engages. Thus it will be seen,that as the shaft is oscillated, the pawl U engages the ratchet wheel,and revolves the shaft a. A spring c, is secured between the disks, andthe free end of this spring engages the said ratchet wheel, wherebyit isprevented from having any backward movement, when the pawl is beingdrawn over its teeth to be again moved forward for revolving it. Themovement of the shaft is sufficient to have the pawl engage one toothupon the ratchet wheel each time it is actuated, and the said shaft isheld normally in this backward position by means of a coil spring d,that is placed within acircular iiange e, of the removable end f, of thecasing. Attached to this end of the said shaft is a sleeve g, which hasits end extending through the end and into the casing, and this end isprovided with a stud e that engages the inner end of the said spring inthe same manner as the winding arbor of a watch main spring. Thestrength of this spring, or rather its tension is readily regulated bymeans of the said sleeve, that is, the sleeve can be revolved until theproper tension is secured, and then fastened to the shaft by means of aset screw.

Placed loosely upon, and revolving independently of the sleeves J, whichextend in opposite directions from the disks H, are the pinions or cogwheels h, and these cog wheels are moved one notch at each revolution ofthe shaft d, by means of a spur t', which extends laterally from thesaid shaft and engages the teeth of the wheel. There is one of thesewheels at each side of disks H, one for operating the mechanism whichshows through an opening j, in the casing, and which registers miles toten thousand, and the other for operatin g a mechanism which showsthrough an opening k, which registers miles to one hundred. This lastmechanism is constructed (as will hereinafter appear) to be set to zeroat any time, while the other mechanism is designed to registercontinuously, without being set.

The objectof having a mechanism for registering hundreds of miles, whichis independent of the other mechanism, is that the one registeringhundreds can be set whenever the rider starts out for a trip, and thedistance registered without any subtracting, which is necessary where asingle mechanism is used, while at the same time the other mechanismcontinues to register uninterruptedly, and indicates the total number ofmiles ridden from the time the cyclometer is first attached. Each ofthese mechanisms is alike, and the construction and operation of onewill be described, which will describe the other, and enable it to befully understood.

It having been shown how the pinions h are 'revolved by the shaft a, andit in turn by the shaft K it will now be described -how the registeringand indicating disks fm, are revolved. Each of the pinions h, isprovided with outwardly projecting studs or pins n, which extend into anopening made in the disk fm, which is next to it, so that the saidadjacent disk is revolved therewith, and also independently of thesleeve J Each of these reg istering disks is made cup shaped as shown,and placed within them are the pivoted spring IIO ' thesecam-shapedplates are provided with projections s, which engage the longitudinalgroove ofthe sleeve, whereby they are not allowed to revolve.v Theoperating end of the pawls p, engage the periphery of these camshapedplates, so that the free operating ends of the pawls are forced downinto the cut away portion of the plates by its spring once for eachrevolution of the said indicating wheel, as will be understood. Now thenext vadjacent indicating wheel, is provided on its adjacent side to thesaid cam-shaped plate with the cog wheel t. wheel carrying the pawl hasrevolved to bring the free operating end of the pawl tothe cutoutportion of the cam-plate, the pawl will drop therein and engage the cogWheel t, of the adjacent indicating wheel,`and thus revolve the nextindicating wheel one notch only, for the said pawl `is raised fromengage ment with the wheel @before it can revolve it further. 1n orderto prevent this outer and adjacent indicating disk from movement bycontact with the inner indicating disk, a

ratchet wheel u, is placed upon the sleeve J, and inside of thecam-plate, and this ratchet wheel is feathered upon the sleeve in thesame manner as the cam-plate so that it too is not revolved but remainsstationary. Secured to the disk is aspring c, which engages the teeth ofthis cog wheel, and by frictional contact therewith the disk isprevented from revolving, except when positively operated by the pawl p.Each of the indicating disks throughout the train thereof is similarlyconstructed, whereby when the inner disk has revolved one revolution,theunextdisk is moved only one notch, and when this last one has madeone revolution the next is moved only one notch, and so on throughoutthe train, whereby the revolutions of the ratchet wheel upon the shaft aare registered, and the distance of travel of the bicycle thus given, in

the ordinary manner of registering with cyclometers. The outerindicating disk of each train is not of course provided with a camplate,for none is needed, nor are the inner indicating wheels provided withcog wheels t, for none are needed, it being revolved by the pinion h.The peripheries of the indicating disks are provided with numerals froml to O, in the usual manner, and they show through the openings in thecasing. The only difference between the one thousand and one hundredregister mechanisms is, that the former has a greater number of wheels.

For the purpose of setting the hundreds registering mechanism to zerowhen desired, a thumb nut tu, is journaled in one end of the casing,preferably the end which is rigidly secured therein, and this thumb nutis provided with an arm @which is attached to its inner end within thecasing. The operat- When the indicatingy ing shaft it will of course beunderstood, passes through a central'openin g made in the said nut. Thisarm engages a projection y, extending within the indicating outer disk,whereby this disk can be revolved, and each disk is provided with aspring z, which engages either a projection or opening a. made in thenext adjacent disk. These springs zyextend in a direction which allowsthe indicating wheels to freely revolve in the registering direction,but when revolved in the opposite direction will engage the adjacentwheels, and cause them all to revolve together.

The ends of these springs and the openings or projections which theyengage upon the respective indicating wheels, will be so placed inrelation to each other, that when they engage, the figure 0 upon eachwheel will be in a line with the same figure upon the adjacent wheels,thus setting the mechanism to zero,I

as will be readily understood.

The operating lever can be secured to either projecting end of theoperating lever, so that the cyclometer is adapted for either right orleft sided sprocket wheel machines, and owing to the manner of holdingthe casing, the same can' be placed in the proper relative position tothe sprocket wheel, and the operating device R carried thereby, that theoperating shaft will be given the proper relative movement for operatingthe mechanisms.

The cyclometer will be adapted for different sized wheels, by means ofthe ratchet wheel upon the shaft a, having more or less cogs, accordingto the size of the wheel, and the number of revolutions made thereby intraveling a specified distance.

While I have described my invention in connection with and especiallyintended for use in connection with bicycles, it will be understood thatit can be applied to other vehicles, and I do not therefore desire tolimit myself to any particular application thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A cyclomet'er, comprising a casing, a regL` istering mechanismtherein, a lever connected with the mechanism for operating it, a devicemoved by the wheels of the vehicle engaging and operating the saidlever, aband surrounding the said casing carrying clamping arms, thecasing having a movement Within the band whereby the position of thelever relative to the moving device for actuating it is regulated.

2. A.l cyclometer comprising a registering mechanism consisting of anoscillating shaft, an arm connected therewith carrying a pawl, a seriesof indicator disks journaled concentric with said oscillating shaft andcarrying pinions, a ratchet wheel separate from t-he os cillating shaftwhich is operated by said pawl, the ratchet wheel carrying a deviceengaging one of said pinions, and an operating connecl'OO IIC

tion between this ratchet wheel driven pinion andthe other pinionsoffsaid series.

3. Acyclometercomprisingan oscillating shaft,twoasep'arate'indicatormechanisms connected With .said shaft andrevolving independen'tly thereof, a v:continuously rotating shaftbetween said Asepara-'te :mechanismsfand Voperating respectively eachmechanism, and

the pinion :carried thereby for operating the pinion Aofthe succeedingindicator dish.

5. A icycl'om'eter comprising `an:operatingv shaft, twoindependentimechanis-ms, u ponsaid operating :sha-ft a .pinion lfor:each mechanism independent fof reach other, fa shaft carrying a ratchetWheel :the said ratchet wheel shaftf carrying projections `which .engage:and operate the l'said pinions, an a'rmfcarried. Lby the op-l eratingshaft, and a pawl upon the arm which engages the said ratchet wheel.

6. Aregisteringmcchanism comprisinga stationarydisk carrying alongitudinally slotted sleeve, a ratchet wheel'journ'aled upon ythe saidstationary disk, a shaft extending through the sleeve, an operatingconnection between the Shaft/and the said ratchetwheeha pinion upon thesleeve operated by the movement of the ratchet Wheel, an indicator diskor wheel vconnected with vthe pinion, -a pawl carried by the indicatorwheel, aoam plate splined upon the sleeve and having a cut out portion,the freeend of the pawlengagifngthe perip'heryof the said cam-plate,andan adjacent indicator wheel having a yratchet wheel engaged lby thesaid pawl when itdrops in the'cut out portion of the fcamplate, theparts operating as and for the purpose described.

lnltestimony whereof I affix in y signature in presenceof two witnesses.

. OSCAR J. FUCHS.

Witnesses RDW. Y. WIEDLER, LEo'rA 1D. IBITZER.

